Teenaged Accused Case

Summary

On June 8 and 9, 2012 two 15-year-old girls were arrested in Ottawa for forcing three other teenage girls into prostitution. Police found the
third accused teenager, only 16 years of age, on June 14 in
Gatineau. The names of the
accused have not been released due to provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice
Act.Police allege thaton three separate occasions, the accused lured three female victims,
ages 13-17, through Facebook to a housing complex in Ottawa. The girls were
then taken to various locations and offered to adult men for acts of
prostitution. After initially refusing to be an “escort”, one of the victims
was reportedly robbed, assaulted, held for hours, and threatened before being
forced into an encounter with a john. Thus far, there has been no indication
that the accused were affiliated with a gang or aided by any adults.The counts these teens face include; human
trafficking, robbery, procuring, forcible confinement, sexual assault, physical
assault, uttering threats, and abduction.